Just Another Farce....

Awhile ago I posted a GS thread about alcohol volume of (UK) beer going down, to avoid an increase in duty.
Basically, beers that were 5% or above were going up in price, due to the new rate.
Some brewers (Stella, Carlsberg Export, Budweiser, to name but 3) put the volume down to 4.8%.
This avoided the duty increase.
Aldi on the other hand kept their Brassiere lager (10x25mls) at 5% and up'd the price from £2.88, to £3.04p.
Yesterday, I bought a case. The volume has now gone down to 4.8% - and the price is up to £3.15p.
Conspiracy - or are we all supposed to have forgotten by now what the Governments 'Deal' was?

I take your point about alcohol ABV and price, billy.

It's the same with Scottish oatcakes: yesterday I nearly bought a box of Nairn's fine-milled and, after picking the box up, noticed it was lighter; the weight has dropped, in one fell swoop, from 250g tae 218g. Obviously, they're doing this to maintain the price - but I switched to the Co-op's own-label's 300g (made by Nairn's) for the same price.

I wonder how long it'll be before the bottle labelling gets smaller - and the content goes down to 225mls.
It's really OK(ish) lager for the price.... 2.5 litres of almost premium strength lager for just over £3.
What's that - around 60p a pint or so? My maths (metric to imperial) aint that sharp, but I reckon thas close(ish)
Any good.... The Co-op ones, in comparison?
I just adore oatcakes.

The Co-op's are OK - but the saving is made by substituting sunflower oil for sustainable palm oil and adding a wee bit of tapioca starch. The Co-op's are also the traditional hard oatcakes but, these days, I prefer the fine-milled ones - so I'll switch back.

Yer arithmetic is fine!

I bought some African palm oil from Tescos awhile back. Weird stuff. It looks like mashed swede.
Bright orange, with some sort of bright stew like looking ingredient.
It states on the label, 'Refrigerate one opened'.So I did.
It goes into one solid lump (like lard) and wont come out the bottle ! !
It's absolutely superb for both stir-fry and adding to a tomato and onion salad.
Gives it a superb 3rd contrasting colour - too.

You are not alone. I haven't shopped for food for years. But one of the things I occasionally buy is ice cream (even that has stopped for some time). I did notice even a few years ago the packaging changed, from 1/2 gallon to 1.75 quart and then to 1.5 quart. Yet the price still keeps going up.

The price of ice cream which sticks to my mind was two 1/2 gallon containers for $5. That was at least 10 years ago I think, perhaps more. You probably can't get one for $5 nowadays. It's called inflation.

It's not just inflation, yaofeng: the ever-increasing 'middle class' in so-called emerging economies (such as in Brazil, China and India) results in greater demand for commodities - from the luxurious to (what many in the West consider) basics.

Where I live it is quite the opposite if you believe what the news have been reporting. The middle class is shrinking. But that is beside the point. How is the presence/absence or increasing/decreasing middle class elsewhere in the world has to do with the local economy?

Don't give me the buttlerfly effect. To me it is simple inflation.

At our local Tesco,Giant and Carrfour(?) outlets, a six pack small can of Carlsberg,Tiger,Anchor larger(5% alcohol) costs around USD9 or (USD1.50 per can.).
Malaysia has the dubious honour for having among the highest "sin tax" for alcohol in the world:))

*8 - tribolite....

What size is the $1.50 can - and does it include the added tax at the checkout?

In my neighborhood I can still get beer (in standard 16 oz. bottle) for $14 a case such as Yuengling. A few weeks ago I also ordered and picked up a case of specialty craft beer for $72 (Stone Ruination).

Mad, that the new duty was supposedly to curb binge drinking (as if ! !).
However cider, which is normally around the 6% mark (often much more), is way cheaper than beer.
It's impossible to make any sense out of the whole theory.
Where there used to be beer cans along the lane, there are now empty 2 litre bottles of Strongbow.
Great for the environment too.
I'd switch to cider myself, only that I don't like it very much.
On a nice summer's day, in the countryside sat by a lake....
A piece of farmhouse cheddar, crusty bread and a cold can of cider.
That's o pretty much the only time I'd bother with it.
We don't get a summer in The UK though - so it doesn't happen very often for me.

BTW if you are looking for decent cheap beer........you can get a 1 litre bottle of 'Victoria' (local brand) at most bars in Nicaragua for about 1 euro.That's at a bar,not in a supermarket......

Now you just need to get the plane ticket to Managua.........

Where I live it is quite the opposite if you believe what the news have been reporting.

My starting point: I take 'the news' with a pinch of salt, yaofeng.

billy....are you sure that Aldi's lager is called ''brassiere''?

Or was it a Freudian slip?

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brasserie-Beer-ALDI/203542960976

Ha-ha. Mind you, the new price and ABV had my kinkcers all in a twist.